Amusement device



AMUSEMENT DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JUN; 29, 192i.

mvsuron JMFeaZinQ JOSEPH MONTGOMERY HEALING, ornAYr'oNA, romm;

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Application filed June 29, 1921. Serial No. 481,267. I i

T 0 all to hom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH M. BEALIN a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Daytona, in the county of Volusia and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Amusement -Devices, of which the following is a specification. I

This inventionrelates to an amusement device.

The object of the invention is to provide a turn table upon which children may be seated and also to provide means by which the turn table may be propelled by the children carried thereby or seated thereon in an easy manner.

It is afurther object of the invention that the device be safe in every manner for children of minor years to operate.

It is a further object of the invention that the-device be simple in'construction and .inexpensive to manufacture.

-Other objects and objects relating to details of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts will hereinafter appear in the detail description to follow.

The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, in

which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the amusement device,

Figure 2 is a bottom plan View of the turn table,

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the supportin base for the turn table,

igure 4 is a detail sectional view illustrating the hand lever by which the turn table may be rotated,

Figure 5 is a transverse section of the supporting base shown in Figure 3 and also illustrating the connecting means between "the turn table and base.

Upon the sills 12 Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented} 30, 1922..

cross member 11 andsills 12 and 12: there" I extends a shaft15 which has its upper end journaled for turning movement byja pin 16, said pin extending through the cross member 11, asshown, and its lower end pivotally supported bya pin 17, said pin 17 having the head 18 and the head being seated in a recess 19 formed in the sill l2 and'the pin extending through an opening formed in the strap 13. .The shaft 15 is preferably square in cross section and has secured upon its lower end a pair of channel members 21, said channel members beingdisposed at right angles to each other, as shown in Figure 2, and

the shaft 15'passing through the bridge. portions thereof as likewise shown. Upon the channel members 21'there is supported a platform 22 which ispreferably circular in shape and said platform in turn supporting a i plurality of seats 23, the seats being adapted.

to seatchildren of minor years.

A lever bar '24 is, provided which is formed 1 at its inner end with an enlargement 25, said enlargement carrying a pair of'eye-screws 26 which are pivoted, to the L-shaped. member 27 secured in the shaft 15, and upon each side of the forward end of the lever bar 24 there is secured a substantially triangular shaped member 2 5, the forward edges of which are adapted to engage with the opposite'sides of the shaft'15 and limit the swinging movementof thelever bar 24. The arrangement shown for mounting the lever arm 24 is adapted to permit swinging movement of the arm in a'substantial parallel.

plane. In the lower side of the arm there is positioned an eye-screw 28 to which there is pivotally connected a bar 29. The bar 29 passes through-an arcuateislot 30 formed in the platformlor turntable 22' and its lower end isslightly'cur'ved and pointed as atj33 the pointed end engaging upon the top surface of the annular member 14 and being adapted toenter therein when pressure is applied by aswinging movement of the bar 24.

In order toflock the turn table against movement, I provide apin 34 which maybe passed through an opening 35 provided in. one of the channel members21 and its lower end positioned in one ofthe openings 36,

which occur between the base frame;13 and cross members 12 and 12-,'as shown in Figure 3. The pin 34 may also be provided with a head suitable for preventing the same from passing through the opening 35 in the chanboxing as at 36 in which the pin may be placed when not in use.

In order to steady the platform when revolving there is provided an arm 37 which is pivoted at its outer end of the channel member 21 as indicated at 38, Figure 1, and it's inner end provided with a downwardly extending lug 39, Figure 5, which may engage upon the inner periphery of the annular member let. his is obvious the arm 37 is free to revolve with the platform and its function is'to aid in steadying the platform when revolving.

It is believed from the foregoing description that the operation of the present inventioncan be clearly understood and that no detailed description need here be made. It may be pointed out that the annular member 14- with which the pointed end of the bar 29 engages while the device is being operated, should be of soft wood or like material. It'may also be pointed out that this annular member should be secured to the'frame 13 in a manner so that it is easily removable. I

I claim:

1. An amusement device of the character described comprising in combination, a vertic'al shaft, means for rotatably supporting said shaft, a turntable carried by said shaft, a seat supported upon said turntable, a lever arm pivoted at its one end to said shaft and I adapted to be swungradially of the shaft by an occupant of the seat, a bar having its one end pivoted to said lever arm at a point adjacent the longitudinal center of said lever arm and the other end of said bar being free and depending from said lever arm, and a track disposed beneath the platform with which the free end of said bar is adapted to engage and be held against movement in one direction whereby upon the occupant of the seat swinging the lever arm in a direction corresponding to that with which the free end of the bar is held against movement the shaft and turntable may be caused to rotate.

2. An amusement device of the character described comprising in combination a vertical shaft, means for rotatably supporting said shaft, a turntable carried by said shaft, a seat supported upon said turntable, a lever arm pivoted at its one end to said'shaft and adapted to be swung radially of the shaft by an occupantv of the seat, a bar havingits one end pivotally connected to said lever arm and its free end pointed, said bar depending from the lever arm. and a with which the pointed end of the bar is adapted to engage whereby said bar will serve as a stop for swinging movement of the lever arm in one direction and thereby permit the propelling of the shaft and turntable by the occupant of the seat upon oscillating said lever arm. a

3. An amusement device of the character described, comprising in combination, a supporting base, a vertical shaft rotatably supported thereby, a frame adapted for holding said shaft in its vertical position, a turn table carried by said shaft and a seat supported by said turntable, a lever arm pivoted to said shaft and adapted for radial swinging movement, a bar having its one end pivoted to said lever arm and extending downwardly and having its other porting base, a vertical shaft rotatably sup ported thereby, a frame adapted for holding said shaft in its vertical position, a turn table carried by said shaft and a seat.supported by said turn table, a lever arm pivoted to said shaft and adapted for radial swinging movement, a bar having its one end pivoted to said lever arm and extending downwardly and having its other end pointed, a wooden track with which the pointed end of the bar is adapted to engage and hold. said lever arm against movement in one direction whereby the shaft maybe caused to rotate, and means whereby the platform may be locked against rotative movement.

An amusement de ice of the character described comprising in combination, a vertical shaft, means for rotatably supporting said shaft, a turntable carried by said shaft, a seat supported upon said turntable, a lever arm pivoted at its one end to said shaft and adapted to be swung radially of the shaft by an occupant of the seat, a bar having its one end pivoted to said lever arm and the other end of said bar being free and depending from said lever arm, and a; track disposed beneath the platform with which the free end of said bar is adaptedto en.- gage and beheld against movement in one direction whereby upon the occupantof the seat swinging the lever arm in a direction corresponding to that with which the free end of the bar is held against movement the shaft and turntable may be caused to rotate.

JOSEPH MONTGOMERYREALING. 

